Today, for many people, being a union member simply means paying dues, but in the early days there were so few of us that if a majority of the members were not active, the union ceased to exist. — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
Then came a big strike. About 100 girls went out. The result was a victory, which netted us - I mean the girls - $2 increase in our wages on the average. — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
The life of men and women is so cheap and property is so sacred. There are so many of us for one job it… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship. — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
So we must stand together to resist, for we will get what we can take - just that and no more. — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
To me, the labor movement was never just a way of getting higher wages. What appealed to me was the spiritual side of a… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also. — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
Of course, we knew that this meant an attack on the union. The bosses intended gradually to get rid of us, employing in our… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
... it is the spirit of trade unionism that is most important, the service of fellowship, the feeling that the hurt of one is… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat. — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
